Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-05-21
HE BARELY ESCAPES WITH HIS
LIFE THIS TIME.
A Quiet Meeting Attacked by a
Mob of Orangemen-The
Officials Passive,
IsrEc1AL BY TELEGRAPH TO THE REcoRD-uN1os.1
NO TROUBLE AT THE DEPOT.

NO TROUBLE AT THE DEPOT.
KINGSTON, May 20th.-In the same car
with o Brien were Lady Macdonald, wife
of the Canadian Premier; E. Crow Baker,
NJ. P, of British Columbia, and Sir
Leonard Tilley, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of
New Brunswick. Fifty miles out from
here the Kingston Reception Committee
met the train and returned here with the
party. AS the train slowed up at the
station 1t was seen that large crowd
was assembled there. As Mr. O'Brien
stepped out of the car he was in the much
talked-of Kingston, the Derry of Canada"
as it is called. Kingston has a population
of $1,000, of whom 5000 are Catholics.
There are only eight policemen, and all of
them, in command of Chief Horsey, were
in waiting. To the surprise of Mr. O'Brien
and party, not dissentient voice was
heard in the storm of cheers which arose
as the agitator entered his carriage.
MORE RIoToUs PROCEEDINGS.
The party was driven to the Burnett
House, where a crowd assembled and
cheered the editor. Battery A, Dominion
Regular Artillery Corps, and the Fourteenth
(Princeof Wales OWN Rifles were held in
their armories for emergencies besides a
large number of special constables, 10 aid
the ordinary police force. Arriving at the
Skating Rink, where the meeting was held.
crowds of O'Brien sympathiZers were found
gathered around the building. Policemen
armed with revolvers moved up and down
and forbade anybody to block I'D the en-
trance to the hall.
O'Brien, in his opening remarks. won at
once the Ulster Protestants who were list
ening, and who form large section of the
population, when he asserted that the
Orange farmers in the north of Ireland
were as much oppressed as the Catholic
farmers, and Lord Lansdowne was cham
pioning the cause of those despotic land
lords who were causing this oppression.
MY mission" he exclaimed, - is not to
stir up strife, but to blend the orange and
the green" This sentiment at once won
over the Gescendent Ulster farmers. They
cheered as heartily as anybody else. Again,
when he said ave will so humiliate
Lord Lansdowne in exposing his murder
Gus policy in Ireland as to make Orange
men, as well as Nationalist, at least be-
ieve there is only one Lord-He who rules
above the cedars and the stars"
Among other things, O'Brien said "
believe the few misunderstanding which
have arisen between Protestant and Catho-
lie Irishmen can very soon pass away"
The unexpected and
GphEhhAi OAiNOIo GADM
Was now for the first time broken at $50
o'clock, when Dennis Kilbride began his
statement. Then the first noise was heard
outside the hal, where several hundred men
and boys had collected, crying God save
the Queen % and grooming for O'Bren.
Every cheer which went up inside the hall
was answered by loud roar and an angry
response from without. The crowd outside
was now swollen to enormous proportions
The meeting was brought to an end by
few remarks from the Chairman, who told
the audience to go home peaceably. Then
the people started out, O'Brien being in
the rear. Thinking this to be too remark
able, O'Brien's friends hurried him to the
front. He stepped on the sidewalk, wear
ing his usual tall hat. The moment the
Orangemen on the opposite side of the
street saw him they raised a savage yell,
and with cries of
THERE HE Isr'
Rushed across the streets. Cobble-stOnes
and bricks began flying like hail Women
screamed and general confusion reigned.
All, they re at it again." said O'Brien, in
tone ofmournful regret, more than anger.
Yes, yes " roared the mob. There he
is drag him out here on the street Kill
him Choke him Tear him asunder !''
| They almost burst through O'Brien's BODY
guard, which consisted of Americans,
special correspondents and local officers of
the National League.
A man changed hats with OBrien as that
worn by the latter furnished target for
the mob. AS the party turned into Well
ington street
ANOTHER SHOWER OF BRICKS
And broken stones came spinning through
| the crowd. O'Brien and his friends bent
! their heads, but received the missiles on
the body. d. f. Kellogg, the n. Y Sun cor
respondent, and J. NJ. Wall, of the Asso-
ciated Press, caught up with O'Brien
! Just on the stoop leading to the house of
John Newman, a Protestant, on Midway
street. The doors were opened Just as
shower of missiles came across the street
The crowd surged and Wall aud Kellogg
were flung to the ground and O'Brien dis
| appeared, evidently into Newmans house
The door was barred tightly. The press
correspondents rushed around through the
| vinegar works on Ontario street for the
| purpose of getting into the house by the
sack en- rance. The mob, however, inter
cepted them, and they had to fly for their
| lives. The mob next rushed to the Bur
nett House, thinking O'Bien was there,
| shouting. Ito hell with home ruler
Kill himw Although O'Brien was not
there they fired valleys of stones at the
windows, and then groaned ana yelled to
their hearts content. Wall, the wounded
| lsponden', attempted to pass the front
OF the hotel on his way to the telegraph
Office, but the 0rangemen went for him
! with a rush. He escaped down a side
street, however. The Canadian Freeman
an Irish-Cathohc organ, was wrecked.
o'BRIEN SAFE AT LAST.
Two hours had now elapsed since the
first attack was made, and nobody knew
where O'Brien was, but he was soon dis
covered Peter Devlin stole down to Chief
Of Police Horsey, and said, OBrien is
safe with me" Chief Horsey, with Mayor
Carson and six policemen then went to
Devlin's house, and brought 'Brien to the
Burnett House.
ELEVENTH HOUR PROTECTION.
&c will protect you to the hotel" said
Mayor Carson. - l will call out the ar
tiilery."
You will ~ exclaimed O'Brien, sarcas-
tically. Il don't want your protection
now You saw the mob of demons, 500
strong, outside that hall thirsting for my
blood, while l was addressing a peaceable
meeting, and you didn't disperse them
Where was your artillery then ?''
O'Brien was found to be badly injured
from having been struck by stones and
other missiles. His enemies boosted that
they had killed him.
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